EP3990696A1 - Procédé et système pour cylindre frictionneur dans une machine à ouate - Google Patents

Procédé et système pour cylindre frictionneur dans une machine à ouate

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EP3990696A1
EP3990696A1 EP20833511.7A EP20833511A EP3990696A1 EP 3990696 A1 EP3990696 A1 EP 3990696A1 EP 20833511 A EP20833511 A EP 20833511A EP 3990696 A1 EP3990696 A1 EP 3990696A1
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moisture
yankee cylinder
controlled environment
pem
coolant
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Michael Bjerke
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Valmet Technologies Oy
Valmet AB
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F—MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F1/00—Mechanical deformation without removing material, e.g. in combination with laminating
    • B31F1/12—Crêping
    • B31F1/14—Crêping by doctor blades arranged crosswise to the web
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21F—PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F5/00—Dryer section of machines for making continuous webs of paper
    • D21F5/18—Drying webs by hot air
    • D21F5/181—Drying webs by hot air on Yankee cylinder
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F—MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F1/00—Mechanical deformation without removing material, e.g. in combination with laminating
    • B31F1/12—Crêping
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F—MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F1/00—Mechanical deformation without removing material, e.g. in combination with laminating
    • B31F1/36—Moistening and heating webs to facilitate mechanical deformation and drying deformed webs
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21F—PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F11/00—Processes for making continuous lengths of paper, or of cardboard, or of wet web for fibre board production, on paper-making machines
    • D21F11/14—Making cellulose wadding, filter or blotting paper
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21F—PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F5/00—Dryer section of machines for making continuous webs of paper
    • D21F5/02—Drying on cylinders
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21F—PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F7/00—Other details of machines for making continuous webs of paper
    • D21F7/003—Indicating or regulating the moisture content of the layer
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21G—CALENDERS; ACCESSORIES FOR PAPER-MAKING MACHINES
    • D21G9/00—Other accessories for paper-making machines
    • D21G9/0009—Paper-making control systems
    • D21G9/0036—Paper-making control systems controlling the press or drying section
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H21/00—Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties
    • D21H21/14—Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties characterised by function or properties in or on the paper
    • D21H21/146—Crêping adhesives

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  • the invention relates to a method and a system for a Yankee cylinder in a tissue machine.
  • tissue machines In tissue machines, a paper grade with high hulk qualities is produced where the tissue web is deliberately creped, i.e. not a plain paper. Hie fibrous web produced may he used as, for example, kitchen towel, toilet paper or facial tissue. In sharp contrast to production of paper where the paper should have high density and printable surface, the tissue paper should have optimal absorption and most often using creping technique of the web during production of the web.
  • the creping effect on the tissue web may be obtained by rush transfer between successive rolls where a speed difference between these successive rolls cause a creping effect on the tissue web.
  • the creping effect may alternatively or additionally be obtained by using a doctor blade on a Yankee cylinder.
  • the tissue web Due to the high bulk content, the tissue web is prone to web breakage during production, and especially during final drying on a creping roll, hereinafter identified as a Yankee cylinder.
  • a coating package is regularly applied onto the surface of the Yankee. This coating package is often referred to as a Performance Enhancing Material (PEM) and applied as a water solution of a multitude of additives.
  • PEM Performance Enhancing Material
  • Some additives improve tissue web transfer to the Yankee and establish an increased tacky surface which the tissue web adhere to, and some additives improve take off and are grouped as release agents. Besides these main functions for improved transfer to the Yankee and improved take-off from the Yankee additional additives may be added for different purposes.
  • a gap control for press bonding a web to a Yankee cylinder is disclosed in
  • the gap between the press roll and the Yankee is regulated by air nozzles arranged in the width direction of the Yankee, and the gap between the Yankee and the press roll, or thickness of the web, is controlled by cooling a part of the press roll needing thickness adjustment.
  • a method and an apparatus for monitoring and controlling the application of PEM to Yankee cylinders are disclosed in US 9,388,530.
  • an additional cleaning blade acts on the bare surface of the Yankee cylinder.
  • the application of the coating, i.e. PEM is controlled by measuring the thickness of the coating anywhere between the doctor blade and the position where the web is pressed on the Yankee cylinder.
  • the above indicated prior art discloses the intense development finding a system and design of the transfer system between preceding web rolls (or felts) and the subsequent Yankee cylinder.
  • the system must have a transfer surface with a surface that both provide for proper adherence of the tissue web onto the Yankee cylinder, and proper release of the tissue web from the Yankee cylinder.
  • the invention is primarily intended for such tissue paper grades that have a basis weight in the range of 10 g/nr -30 g/nr but in some cases, it can be used also for tissue papers with even lower weight, e.g. down to 7 g/m . Normally, it would be used for tissue papers with a basis weight in the range of 14 g/nr -28 g/nr.
  • the indicated ranges for basis weight refer to the weight of the ready-dried web, i.e. the basis weight of the tissue paper that is rolled to a tissue paper roll on a reeling drum receiving the tissue web from the Yankee cylinder.
  • Producing tissue grades as indicated above is more difficult compared to ordinary paper grades as the tissue web is more vulnerable for web breaks during production.
  • the Yankee cylinder or alternatively a creping roll, is used as a drying cylinder and is heated internally by pressurized steam reaching surface temperatures in the range 130- 140°C.
  • the web is often additionally heated /dried externally by a hood where hot air is supplied at temperatures in the range 300-500°C. This establish an elevated temperature around the entire Yankee cylinder with a high humidity as water is continuously evaporated from the web.
  • the Yankee cylinder typically reaches peripheral speeds, i.e. the speed of the web, in the range of 800 up to 2200 m/minute.
  • Coating package i.e. PEM
  • performance enhancing material is abbreviated as PEM, and supplied as a water solution with different polymeric materials such as polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) such as Selvol 540 or Selvol 523 grades, Polyamide Epichlorohydrin resin (PAE) non-PAE based resins, glycol based resins, or other polyols as main additive in the PEM applied.
  • PEM performance enhancing material
  • polymeric materials such as polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) such as Selvol 540 or Selvol 523 grades, Polyamide Epichlorohydrin resin (PAE) non-PAE based resins, glycol based resins, or other polyols as main additive in the PEM applied.
  • the PEM may also contain release agents improving take off by the doctor blade, using glycol based release agents, mineral oil based release agents, vegetable oil-based release agents and other additives like Latex and polyofs/humectants. That invention is suitable for any systems involving either of these materials alone or in combination as part of the PEM, i.e. the coating package. Creping effect
  • the creping effect induced in the web may be obtained while transferring the web onto the Yankee cylinder or alternatively or additionally during take-off of the web from the Yankee cylinder.
  • a first order of crepe may be induced by rush transfer from preceding felts or roll and onto the Yankee cylinder.
  • the Yankee cylinder running at a lower speed than the preceding felts or roll and a speed difference in the range 2-25% (RT%).
  • a second order of crepe may be induced by a doctor blade taking the web off the Yankee cylinder.
  • the invention is based upon the finding that the effect of a PEM coating on the surface of a Yankee cylinder may be improved if the PEM coating is prevented from overheating and turn into a glassy state after application of the PEM coating on the Y ankee cylinder.
  • the best cooling effect is obtained from evaporative cooling, and the invention improves the evaporative cooling of the PEM coating by evaporating w'ater from the PEM coating per se, and optionally by evaporating additional water that is applied onto the PEM coating as such or the Y ankee surface before application of the PEM coating.
  • the moisture level w'ould lie in the range 80-100% at high temperatures, and this result in reduced evaporation rate of water from the PEM.
  • the invention increases dehydration rate by increasing flux of energy by replace air with high moisture by fresh air with lower moisture content in the environment, which increases dehydration rate of coating layer and any additional water applied.
  • Additional cooling of the PEM coating may keep the PEM coating at lower temperature and thus avoiding viscosity losses that results in more of the PEM coating diffusing into the web rather than being kept on the surface of the Yankee cylinder.
  • the inventive method is related to controlling the application of a coating (i.e. to improve the effect/effectiveness of the application of a coating) containing a water solution of a Performance Enhancing Material (PEM) on a surface of a Yankee cylinder ahead of the Transfer Position (TP) of a tissue web onto the Yankee
  • a coating i.e. to improve the effect/effectiveness of the application of a coating
  • PEM Performance Enhancing Material
  • That the relative humidity in the moisture-controlled environment is lowered preferably means establishing a relative humidity that is at least 20 %-units (percentage units) lower than the relative humidity established in this environment without having any mois ure-controlled environment.
  • Controlling the ambient moisture is a way of affecting/influencing the speed of evaporation and the temperature of the coating film. This can be done by means of, for example, heat transfer to the ambient air or by blowing dry air. The coating film will be subjected to drying ahead of the transfer position and obtain a lower temperature.
  • the positive effect can be achieved that the coating film will have a higher viscosity at the transfer position and the coating film will become more tacky.
  • Enhancing Material onto the Yankee cylinder.
  • PEM Enhancing Material
  • the moisture-controlled environment is preferably shielded on at least 3 sides of the moisture-controlled environment and said moisture-controlled environment open towards the exposed outer cylindrical surface of the Yankee cylinder.
  • This enclosure of the moisture-controlled environment may direct the cooling effect to the exposed outer cylindrical surface of the Yankee cylinder.
  • the cooling may be obtained by adding a first coolant into the moisture-controlled environment.
  • the cooling effect may thus be controlled by controlling the rate of supply of the coolant, using simple control valves, either manually operated or with closed loop control.
  • the coolant used may be air blown into the moisture-controlled environment. Air has the advantage of no introduction of additional liquids or layers ahead of application of the coating and may assist in further removal of web residues that is left even after having passed the doctor blade and any cleaning device.
  • the inventive method may use a second coolant in form of a liquid coolant applied onto the outer cylindrical surface of the Yankee cylinder, which liquid coolant is evaporated in said moisture-controlled environment after being applied onto the outer cylindrical surface of the Yankee cylinder ahead of the moisture-controlled environment.
  • the liquid supply may be regulated to such small amounts that any liquid residues are well evaporated before application of the coating.
  • the cooling liquid supplied should be readily evaporated when contacting the surface of the Y ankee cylinder. If for example water is used as the coolant, this water may be heated close to its evaporation temperature, i.e. close to about 100°C at ambient pressure, allowing rapid evaporation upon contact with the heated surface of the Yankee cylinder. Alternatively, more extreme cooling liquids may be used such as liquid nitrogen having a boiling point at - 195.79°C. But any cooling liquid may be used with an evaporation temperature below the temperature of the surface of the heated Yankee cylinder. Hence a cooling liquid with an evaporation temperature in the range from -200°C up to about +1QQ°C may be used. The cooling liquid may be applied as a mist by pressurized nozzles.
  • At least two different coolants may be used in the moisture-controlled environment in at least two different zones of the moisture-controlled environment. This may be realized as either two independent air-cooled zones or two or three successive cooling zones using liquid and/or air in any order in these zones. According to a further embodiment the coolant may be distributed over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder. This is recommended because the temperature profile over the entire width should be as even as possible in order to obtain uniform application of the coating over the entire width.
  • This distribution of the coolant may be distributed over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder using multiple nozzles arranged over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder.
  • each nozzle may be individually adjustable.
  • the coolant may be distributed over the entire width of the Y ankee cylinder using a slot arranged over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder.
  • the slot gap may also be adjustable.
  • the temperature on the surface of the Yankee cylinder is measured after the moisture-controlled environment and the coolant supply is controlled in order to reach a target temperature. If this temperature detection is made on a narrow strip of the total width of the Yankee cylinder, then the associated individual cooling nozzle, cooling the narrow' strip, may be controlled accordingly.
  • the number of temperature sensors may be the same as the number of cooling nozzles, such that each temperature sensor detects the temperature established by one nozzle.
  • the temperature in the moisture-controlled environment is preferably lowered at least 20°C compared to not using a moisture-controlled environment, and preferably establishing a temperature of the moisture-controlled environment within the range 20- 80°C.
  • an inventive application system may also be used.
  • the inventive system of controlling the application of a coating (i.e. for improving the effect/effectiveness of the application of a coating) containing a Performance Enhancing Material on a surface of a Yankee cylinder ahead of the transfer position of the web onto the Yankee cylinder may comprise: (a) a doctor blade (10) taking off the dried and creped web (W) from the Yankee cylinder (CR) in a take-off position (TO);
  • said moisture-controlled environment establishing a reduced relative humidity, preferably a relative humidity that is at least 20% percentage units lower than the relative humidity established in this environment without having any moisture-controlled environment;
  • the moisture-controlled environment is preferably- shielded from the application position (TP) of the Performance Enhancing Material (PEM) onto the Yankee cylinder using at least one shield wall (13a/13b) located with one end of the shield wall (13 a/ 13b) close to surface of Yankee cylinder, at a short distance (d), and the other end of the shield wall at a remote distance (d) exceeding 5 centimeters from the Yankee cylinder.
  • TP application position
  • PEM Performance Enhancing Material
  • the distance between the one end of the shield and the surface of the Y ankee cylinder may be set at a minimum clearance such that the end of the shield does not risk coming into contact with the surface of the Yankee cylinder.
  • a flexible seal may be arranged at the end of the shield.
  • the shield wall may also be extended in the inventive system such that the moisture-controlled environment is shielded on at least 3 sides of the moisture-controlled environment by shield walls and said moisture-controlled environment open towards the exposed outer cylindrical surface of the Yankee cylinder.
  • the moisture-controlled environment may thus be contained in box- like arrangement, avoiding coolant to flow' in the lengthwise direction of the running web to parts of the machine not needing cooling.
  • the box-like arrangement may also be closed in the transverse direction of the running web, with one low-moisture air inlet in one wall and a ventilating outlet in the other opposite wall.
  • the low moisture air source (Airi, A ⁇ b) is air taken from the machine hall of the Yankee cylinder or air taken externally from the machine hall of the Yankee cylinder. This air may be sucked in from ambient surrounding via filters and possible cooling devices if the temperature of ambient air is somewhat high, and/or via dehumidifying system before usage. External outside air may be drawn in from the surroundings of the machine hall, or alternatively drawing in air from the machine hall if that is sufficiently tempered and dry.
  • a second coolant source is a liquid coolant, preferably water, that is applied on the surface of the Yankee cylinder before the application position of the Performance Enhancing Material (PEM) onto the Yankee cylinder said liquid coolant increasing the volume of evaporable liquid in the residual layer of Performance Enhancing Material (PEM) left on the Yankee after the doctor blade.
  • the residual PEM layer has been heated and may be close to a glassy state, and application of water on such residual PEM layer can prevent the residual layer from becoming glassy and maintain a tacky consistency, as the applied layer of water is starting to evaporate and maintain a temperature of 100°C as long as water is left on the surface.
  • liquids with lower boiling point, below 100°C, such as alcohols or liquified gases may be used as the second coolant source.
  • a second coolant source is a liquid coolant that is applied on the surface of the Y ankee cylinder after the application position of the Performance Enhancing Material (PEM) onto the Yankee cylinder, said liquid coolant increasing the volume of evaporable liquid in the
  • Performance Enhancing Material applied.
  • the addition of a water layer upon the fresh PEM layer may be done at a distance from the position of applying the PEM layer, and in a position when the original water content of the PEM layer has dropped.
  • At least two different air or coolant sources could be used in at least two different zones of the moisture-controlled environment.
  • This multiple arrangement may offer to use for example a first zone using liquid coolant from a first coolant source and a second cooling zone using air as coolant from a second coolant source.
  • At least one evacuation zone may be used in the moisture-controlled environment, evacuating evaporated moisture from the Performance Enhancing Material through an extraction pipe. If such an evacuation pipe is used residual liquid coolant may be further evaporated and extracted from the surface of the Yankee cylinder, thus increasing the total cooling effect.
  • the coolant is preferably distributed over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder by a cooling boom. This kind of distribution device may ensure equal distribution over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder.
  • the coolant may preferably be distributed over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder using multiple nozzles on said cooling boom and in a more advanced option each nozzle may be adjustable by a control system in order to reach a target temperature.
  • the multiple nozzle arrangement may also use simple drilled holes in a pipe used as the distribution boom.
  • the multiple nozzle option the coolant may be distributed over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder using a cooling boom with a continuous slot arranged over the entire width of the Yankee cylinder.
  • the slot gap may be adjustable by a control system in order to reach a target temperature.
  • the supply of the coolant may be controlled in a closed loop.
  • the system may therefore include temperature sensors arranged after the moisture-controlled environment and before the application position of the Performance Enhancing Material (PEM), measuring the temperature on the surface of the Yankee cylinder having passed the moisture-controlled environment.
  • PEM Performance Enhancing Material
  • the system may include a temperature sensor arranged after the moisture- controlled environment and after the application position of the Performance Enhancing Material (PEM), measuring the temperature on the fresh PEM coating applied on the surface of the Yankee cylinder having passed the moisture-controlled environment.
  • PEM Performance Enhancing Material
  • Both the PEM coating as well as evaporation rate may be controlled by a control system in order to reach a target temperature.
  • a control system in order to reach a target temperature.
  • inventive method and system define the essential novel features in and around the Yankee cylinder and may of course be combined with other additional functionality in and around the Yankee cylinder, as well as any kind of web handling systems ahead of the Yankee cylinder or any kind of web take-up rolls after the Yankee cylinder.
  • the essence of the invention lies in a novel application of a cooling zone or zones stretching over the entire width of the surface of the Yankee cylinder, which cooling zone increase evaporation rate of liquids in the PEM coating, such as the water content, or liquids applied on the fresh or residual PEM coating.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a first embodiment of the invention where a tissue web is fed to a Yankee cylinder in a transfer position and removed from the Yankee cylinder in a take-off position with cooling of the PEM coating after application of the coating.
  • FIG. 2 show's a spray boom for PEM and associated PEM supply system.
  • FIG. 3a show's a first embodiment of a distribution boom used in the invention, feeding low moisture air, or additional cooling liquid, onto the outer surface of the Yankee cylinder.
  • FIG. 3b shows a second embodiment of a distribution boom used in the invention, feeding low moisture air, or additional cooling liquid, onto the outer surface of the Yankee cylinder.
  • FIG. 3c shows a cross section of the distribution boom used in the second embodiment as seen in the view a-a in figure 3b.
  • FIG. 4 shows schematically the temperature profile on the tissue web from the transfer position and 5 meters after the transfer position.
  • FIG. 5 shows a schematic side view of a second embodiment of the invention in the same side view as in figure 1 with cooling of the PEM coating after application of the coating;
  • FIG. 6 shows a schematic side view of a third embodiment of the invention in the same side view as in figure 1 with cooling of the PEM coating after application of the coating.
  • FIG. 7 shows a schematic side view of a fourth embodiment of the invention in the same side view as in figure 1 but with cooling liquid applied onto the Yankee cylinder and subsequent increase evaporation rate in a low moisture zone before application of the PEM coating.
  • FIG. 8 show's a schematic side view' of a fifth embodiment of the invention in the same side view as in figure 7 with a shielded low' moisture zone before application of the PEM coating;
  • FIG. 9 show's a schematic side view of a sixth embodiment of the invention in the same side view' as in figure 7 with multiple shielded zones before application of the PEM coating;
  • FIG. 10 shows a schematic side view' of a seventh embodiment of the invention in the same side view with a shielded zone with application of cooling liquid on the Yankee cylinder before application of the PEM coating as well as a shielded low moisture zone whit increased evaporation effect after the application of the PEM coating.
  • FIG 4 the typical tissue web temperature profile is shown.
  • the temperature of the tissue w r eb transferred to the Yankee cylinder is about 40°C and with a moisture content of about +40%.
  • the temperature of the web increases rapidly from the transfer position from about 40°C to about 98-99°C, within 1 meter from the transfer position, wherein the bulk part of moisture is evaporated.
  • the temperature will be kept roughly constant, as the evaporation per se chills of the web, preventing further heating of the web from the hot Yankee cylinder.
  • the insight in this well-known temperature profiling indicates that the layer on the hot Yankee, in this case the paper web, may be kept below' 100°C as long as there is enough water in the layer being subject to evaporation.
  • the paper web After about 1.5 meters from the transfer position, the paper web is heated further as most moisture is gone, and thus evaporation of water could not reduce temperature increase of the web. After about a further 0.3-0.5 meters a second constant temperature zone is established, but after some 2.7-2.8 meters from the transfer position, the temperature of the web is increasing again and reaches a final temperature close to the temperature of the Yankee cylinder surface, i.e. about 140 °C, and a final moisture content of less than 5%.
  • the Yankee cylinder is obtaining a dry tissue web within about an angle of wrap a corresponding to a about 4.5 meter of the circumferential length of the Yankee cylinder.
  • the actual circumferential length that the w'eb needs to be applied on the Yankee cylinder naturally depends upon the speed of the web, i.e. production capacity. With a typical speed of about 1500 m/minute the angle of wrap should increase proportional to speed increase, using same conditions in the tissue machine, and in such set-up the wrap angle should increase about 1/3 if w'eb speed is increased from 1500 to 2000 m/minute.
  • reconfiguration of the tissue machine is costly due to major rebuild requirements for rolls, and therefore are instead drying conditions altered, for example by increasing temperature of the Yankee cylinder and/or in the hood.
  • Hie invention is related to the Yankee cylinder CR and using this Yankee cylinder to obtain a creped web product.
  • the web may be conveyed to the Yankee cylinder CR as a plain web W as shown schematically in Cl.
  • the web W is transferred to the surface of the Yankee cylinder CR by a transfer roll 1 in a nip in a transfer position TP. if this transfer is done during a relative speed difference, i.e. a lower speed of the Yankee cylinder, a first order of crepe effect could be obtained in the web W as schematically shown in C2. However, a first crepe effect may also be obtained in preceding transfer nips ahead of the transfer to the Yankee cylinder.
  • the web runs over the surface of the Yankee cylinder CR at an angle of wrap a that may be in any order of 100-270°, and as shown in this figure in an order of wrap at about 190-200°.
  • Hie web is conventionally dried as the Yankee cylinder CR is heated internally by pressurized hot steam.
  • the finally dried web is taken off in a take-off position TO by a doctor blade 10.
  • This doctor blade may induce yet an additional creping effect, increasing the crepe as schematically shown in C3.
  • a hood H may also be provided that further heats the web with hot air.
  • an additional cleaning device 11 may be arranged, which cleaning device release any residual fibers from the Yankee cylinder.
  • the cleaning device may be an additional doctor blade, or any brush like cleaning device.
  • a PEM supply boom 14 is arranged.
  • the PEM mixture is thus applied on the Yankee cylinder, allowing the coating to spread out evenly on the Yankee cylinder.
  • the PEM mixture is cooled and as it contains a lot of water the coating mixture will maintain a temperature less than 100°C as long as water may evaporate.
  • a low moisture air boom 12a is arranged after the PEM supply boom 14, as seen in the rotational direction R of the Yankee cylinder.
  • This low moisture air boom 12a is connected to a low moisture air source Air;, and with a control valve V ] arranged in the supply pipe connected to the low moisture air boom 12a.
  • the flow of low moisture air is preferably passing through a conditioner 17 where the coolant is chilled and dried. This creates a moisture-controlled environment cooling the exposed PEM coating by increased evaporation rate of the water content of the PEM coating.
  • a shield wall 13a is preferably arranged ahead of the moisture-controlled environment, with the end part located at a short distance d between the Y ankee cylinder CR surface and the end part of the shield wall.
  • the purpose of using a shield wall is to reduce any impact between the application of the PEM coating and any turbulence or air flow in the moisture-controlled environment.
  • Said distance d may be set to any suitable range between 0.1 to 4 millimeters.
  • the expression moisture-controlled environment is hereinafter used to define a zone where the moisture level close to the web may be lowered considerably in comparison to the moisture level that is established by a not using a moisture-controlled
  • the temperature in the moisture-controlled environment may preferably be lowered from about 80-130°C down to at least 40°C, or in the range 20-60°C, and hence a minimum reduction of the temperature of at least 20 °C.
  • a temperature sensor 16a may be arranged after the cooling boom 12a. This
  • control unit CPU may control the supply of the low moisture air by regulating the control valve Vi.
  • a thickness sensor 15 may also be arranged, that may detect the thickness of the coating applied.
  • This thickness sensor 15 may preferably be connected to the control unit CPU that may control the supply of the PEM coating by regulating the control valve V2.
  • an embodiment of the PEM supply boom 14 is shown, extending over the entire width Ww of the web.
  • This PEM supply boom may have a multitude of individual PEM supply nozzles 14n, each with an individual control valve 14c connected to a control unit CPU.
  • the supply nozzles are preferably fan jet nozzles, with fan jets extending with the width of the fan jet across the width of the web. Each fan jet ends when next neighboring fan jet nozzle takes over, thus covering the entire width of the web.
  • the PEM source may be water, the main component in volume, with additives mixed into it, only PVOH (polyvinyl alcohol) shown as an example of the additives added.
  • the high molecular weight polymer added needs a long residence time in the water mixture in order to untangle the long polymeric chains, and the resulting mixture may be feed to a buffer storage as shown in the figure where the residence time may be between 30-240 minutes. Thereafter the PEM mixture is pumped to the PEM supply boom 14 with a pressurizing pump Pi.
  • the PEM mixture may also have a return pipe connected to the buffer storage, allowing a developed flow along the entire length of the PEM supply boom which prevents solids in the solution from settling.
  • FIG 3a an embodiment of the distribution boom 12/20 is shown, extending over the entire width Ww of the web.
  • the same kind of distribution boom may be used both for distributing low moisture air as w r ell as cooling liquid. What is later on described for the low' moisture air boom 12 applies as well for a cooling liquid boom 20.
  • the low moisture air boom 12 is similar in all examples with references 12a, 12b, both of them arranged after the PEM spray boom 14, or 12c, 12d and 12e, all of these arranged ahead of the PEM spray boom 14.
  • This low moisture air boom 12 may have a multitude of individual low moisture air supply nozzles 12n, each with an individual control valve 12c connected to a control unit.
  • the supply nozzles 12n are preferably fan jet nozzles, with fan jets extending with the width of the fan jet across the width of the web. The fan jet ends when next neighboring fan jet take over, thus covering the entire width of the web.
  • the low moisture air source Airi may be ambient air.
  • the velocity of the cooling air is regulated by pressure in the supply boom.
  • Test with air as coolant have show'll that the required pressure in the supply boom should be in the range of 2 kPa only, and the required air volume in the range of 175 nrVmin for a 200 inch (in web width) tissue machine
  • the low moisture air is pumped with a pressurizing pump P2 to the low moisture air boom 12 at increased pressure.
  • a part of the low moisture air supplied to the low' moisture air boom 12 may be exhausted through a pipe Ex in the other end, for example if ambient air is used, but this exhaust pipe may be closed if more expensive coolant is used.
  • FIG 3b an alternative embodiment of the low ' moisture air boom 12 is shown w'hich extends over the entire width Ww of the web.
  • This low' moisture air boom may have a single continuous slot S (as shown in figure 3c).
  • the supply slot S is shown in figure 3c as seen through the cross-section view a- a in figure 3b.
  • the slot width, and thus the low- moisture air supply rate may be controlled by a control unit CPU by a servo unit 12s that rotates one of the inner or outer coaxial pipe members 12i or 12o in relation to each other in tests performed with air as coolant, a slot width of about 10mm was used and the entire cooling boom could be adjusted changing the direction of the slot.
  • the slot establishes a continuous flat flow of low moisture air over the entire width Ww of the web. In this embodiment an exhaust pipe is not used.
  • a second embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the moisture-controlled environment is shielded on at least 3 sides of the moisture-controlled environment and said moisture-controlled environment opens towards the exposed outer cylindrical surface of the Yankee cylinder CR. This will assure that the low moisture air supplied into the moisture-controlled environment will flow towards the surface of the Yankee cylinder, and that the flow of low moisture air supply will not disturb the preceding application of a PEM layer.
  • a third embodiment of the invention is shown. In relation to the first embodiment shown in figure 1 this embodiment is arranged with two low' moisture air booms 12a and 12b respectively that are connected to two independent low moisture air sources.
  • One of the low moisture air sources may be ambient air and the other cooled air from the tissue machine hall
  • the valves in the supply pipes may be controlled in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
  • FIG 7 a fourth embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • this embodiment includes usage of an additional cooling boom 20a that applies a liquid coolant on the surface of the Yankee, said applied liquid thereafter evaporated in the subsequent moisture-controlled environment established by a low moisture air boom 12c arranged after the cleaning device 11 and the cooling boom 20a, as seen in the rotational direction R of the Yankee cylinder.
  • This low moisture air boom 12c is connected to a low 7 moisture air source Ain, and with a control valve V 3 arranged in the supply pipe connected to the low moisture air boom 12c. This creates a moisture-controlled environment cooling the exposed surface of the Yankee cylinder having the liquid coolant layer.
  • Tins provides for an evaporative cooling of any residual PEM coating that is left on the Y ankee cylinder after the doctor blade.
  • the residual PEM coating may then be cooled by evaporation of the applied liquid layer before application of new fresh PEM coating.
  • a shield wall 13b is preferably arranged after the moisture-controlled environment, and a temperature sensor 16b may be arranged on the shield wall 13b. This temperature sensor may preferably be connected to a control unit CPUi that may control the supply of the low moisture air by regulating the control valve V3 and control the supply of liquid coolant by regulating the control valve V4.
  • a PEM supply boom 14 is arranged.
  • the fresh PEM is thus applied on a cooler surface of the Yankee cylinder, and the residual PEM layer is prevented from turning glassy due to the evaporation of the liquid layer applied on top of the residual PEM layer.
  • a thickness sensor 15 may be arranged, that may detect the thickness of the coating applied.
  • This thickness sensor 15 may preferably be connected to a control unit CPU 2 that may control the supply of the PEM coating by regulating the control valve V2.
  • a common control unit may be used that control both thickness and temperature.
  • FIG 8 is shown a fifth embodiment of the invention.
  • the moisture-controlled environment is shielded on at least 3 sides of the moisture-controlled environment and said moisture-controlled environment opens towards the exposed outer cylindrical surface of the Yankee cylinder CR. This will ensure that the low moisture air supplied into the moisture-controlled environment will flow towards the surface of the Yankee cylinder, and that the flow of coolant supply will not disturb the following application of a PEM layer.
  • FIG 9 a sixth embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the moisture-controlled environment is divided into 4 individually shielded zones I-IV.
  • a first cooling boom 20a may be located, preferably distributing a cooling liquid in mist form with a temperature of the cooling liquid close to the evaporation temperature.
  • an evacuation pipe 12x may be connected to low pressure, especially if the cooling liquid supplied in the preceding zone is liquid. The evacuation will lower the pressure and assist in evaporation and evacuation of evaporated residual cooling liquid.
  • a second cooling boom 20b may be located, preferably distributing a cooling liquid.
  • a third low moisture air boom 12c may be located, preferably distributing a low' moisture air.
  • This sequential cooling in successive zones may be implemented if the cooling effect is to be optimized, wherein each individual cooling zone in the moisture-controlled environment may he individually regulated for highest possible cooling effect.
  • Each successive cooling zone is shielded on at least 3 sides of each zone of the moisture-controlled environment and said moisture-controlled environment open towards the exposed outer cylindrical surface of the Yankee cylinder CR. This will ensure that the low moisture air supplied into the moisture-controlled environment as well as cooling liquid will flow towards the surface of the Yankee cylinder, and that the flow of low 7 moisture air as w r ell as coolant supply will not disturb each other as well as the following application of a PEM layer.
  • Each zone may also be closed by walls (not showri) in their gable ends (the outer ends at the ends of the web width), possibly with evacuation ducts for coolant excess or evaporated moisture in said gable ends.
  • a seventh embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • a first shielded cooling zone with application of liquid, preferably water, to be evaporated arranged before the PEM spray boom 14, and one shielded moisture- controlled environment arranged after the PEM spray boom 14.
  • Each respective zone is controlled as shown in preceding embodiments, using temperature sensors 16a, 16b after each zone and a final PEM thickness measurement 15.
  • the embodiments shown implement at least one moisture-controlled environment immediately after the PEM spray boom or a moisture-controlled environment immediately ahead of the PEM spray boom. Both moisture-controlled environment zones reduce heating of the PEM coating and the PEM coating will have a lower temperature when reaching the transfer point where the tissue web is applied onto the PEM coated surface of the Yankee cylinder. This will reduce viscosity of the PEM coating and reduce PEM coating from diffusing into the tissue web.
  • the best effect is obtained from cooling the surface of the PEM coating after the PEM spray boom and using air as the coolant.
  • the water content in the PEM coating when reaching the transfer position should be as low as possible, as high water content in the PEM coating in transfer position may reduce wet tack and web/sheet transfer to the Yankee cylinder will be poor and uneven. This will cause uneven crepe structure and wavy diameter in the final pick up roll.
  • liquid may be used as coolant especially in the cooling zones preceding the PEM spray boom.
  • the PEM mixture per se contains typically 4-90% water, no negative impact will occur if water residues are left on the Yankee cylinder surface when applying the PEM coating.
  • the maximum coating temperature of 100°C will be maintained longer as long as there is water in the PEM coating to be evaporated.
  • the basic feature of the invention is the application of a moisture-controlled
  • the moisture-controlled environment may be established in the simplest embodiment by blowing air from the machine hall into the area beneath the Yankee, said air having a much lower temperature than the temperature without supplying this replacement air.
  • the replacement air may alternatively be recirculation of the air in this environment through a dehumidifier that condenses most of the humidity before reintroduction. It may also be replacement air that is additionally cooled by coolers before being supplied. However, less relative humidity is essential.
  • the replacement air may also be heated such that the moisture level drops at least 20%, but colder air is preferred.

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un système permettant d'améliorer l'application d'un revêtement sur un cylindre frictionneur (CR) dans des machines à papier ouaté. L'invention met en œuvre un environnement à humidité régulée (12) dans une zone du cylindre frictionneur exposé entre la position de décollage (TO) et en avant de la position de transfert (TP) de la bande, c'est-à-dire avant et/ou après l'application d'un revêtement avec un matériau d'amélioration des performances (PEM), l'effet de refroidissement sur la surface du frictionneur étant accrue par l'augmentation de la vitesse d'évaporation de l'eau dans le revêtement ou de l'eau appliquée en plus sur le revêtement.
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